Author: Jack Dempsey

Quotes

A good fighter usually knows, to within a very few seconds, when a three-minute round is going to end.

A good fighter usually knows, to within a very few seconds, when a three-minute round is going to end.

- Jack Dempsey

All the time he's boxing, he's thinking. All the time he was thinking, I was hitting him.

All the time he's boxing, he's thinking. All the time he was thinking, I was hitting him.

- Jack Dempsey

A champion is someone who gets up when he can't.

A champion is someone who gets up when he can't.

- Jack Dempsey

Nobody owes anybody a living, but everybody is entitled to a chance.

Nobody owes anybody a living, but everybody is entitled to a chance.

- Jack Dempsey

Tall men come down to my height when I hit 'em in the body.

Tall men come down to my height when I hit 'em in the body.

- Jack Dempsey

Tell him he can have my title, but I want it back in the morning.

Tell him he can have my title, but I want it back in the morning.

- Jack Dempsey

I was a pretty good fighter. But it was the writers who made me great.

I was a pretty good fighter. But it was the writers who made me great.

- Jack Dempsey

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